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Note for the Secretary of State for the Privy Couneilyy
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
The Requisitioning of Ships Order, 1969
In 1955 Prerogative powers were invoked by way of
the Requisitioning of Ships Order, 1955, to provide for
the requisitioning of British ships for the evacuation
of Hong Kong in the event of an emergency.
The Order
was brought up to date by the Requisitioning of Ships
(Amendment) Order, 1958, but is now again out of date.
Although there is no longer a plan for the evacuation
of Hong Kong, it is envisaged that in the event of an
emergency a limited last minute operation to evacuate
certain sensitive and vulnerable personnel would be
carried out. The powers of requisition might be needed
for this. It is therefore considered that the Order of
1955 and the amending Order of 1958 should be revoked
Ships
and replaced by a fresh order, the Requisitioning of
Orgler, 1964.
The existing Orders hat never been published and to
their avoid any possibility of having to disclose its existence
Their at some future date, its revocation is provided for in
a separate Order.
Similarly, the Requisitioning of Ships Order, 1969,
will not be published: it will be held in readiness
against the occurrence of an emergency in Hong Kong.
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